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Pumpkin Fritter Doughnuts

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Step 1:

    Preheat oven to 200ºC.

  2. Step 2:

    Place pumpkin onto baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil and season with a
    little salt.

  3. Step 3:

    Bake for until soft.

  4. Step 4:

    Mash the pumpkin with a potato masher and measure off 125ml.

  5. Step 5:

    Dissolve yeast in milk, add yolks and stir well.

  6. Step 6:

    Combine flour, salt and pumpkin. Add soft butter.

  7. Step 7:

    Pour in milk mixture and combine all ingredients well.

  8. Step 8:

    Knead for about on a floured surface. You may need to add a bit more flour until your dough is combined, but not sticky.

  9. Step 9:

    Return to large bowl and cover with a cloth. Allow to double in size. About .

  10. Step 10:

    Knead dough (knock back) gently to return to original size. Divide into 16 equal sized balls.

  11. Step 11:

    Shape into ring doughnuts by pushing index finger through a ball of dough and widening the hole until a ring doughnut is formed. Make an extra-large hole, because during rising it will get smaller.

  12. Step 12:

    Place doughnuts onto a floured tray and cover with a cloth. Allow to double in size.

  13. Step 13:

    Fry in hot oil until golden on both sides, flipping over each doughnut to fry on the reverse side. Test to see if the oil is hot enough by putting a little bread in oil. If it bubbles, the oil is hot enough for the doughnuts.

  14. Step 14:

    Drain doughnuts on kitchen towel before tossing in cinnamon sugar.